Friday, 27 June
½ kneeling OA DB Press (27.5# DBx2) 4x5, 1x8
Facepulls (9 plates), 5x10
EDT 3-way shoulder raises (10.5# first 2 sets, dropped to 9# for rest) 35: Chinups 15*
EDT Horiz pullup 48; Rollout 49
*Don't know what I was thinking, except that I thought that I needed to up the weight on the arm raises. The side raises kill me in a hurry, and I was in no time dead. Had to drop back down to 9 pounds, but by then I was fried. I think this affected the chinups as well. Better next time!

I want to point out that I"ve lifted every second day through this cycle. The next one won't be as neat. There's no way to fit every second day around the call schedule. I'll come as close as I can, though.

Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.--Francis Chan

I was right in predicting that this cycle wouldn't be as neat as the previous, but I couldn't have guessed bad my schedule would get. I started to tell the story, but it's too depressing. I'll just say, long, hard days. It may be better soon, or it might not!

Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.--Francis Chan

Tuesday 22 July
½ kneeling OA DB Press, 31x4x5, 1x7
Facepulls, 8.5 pl, 5x10
EDT 3-way raises/chins; 8lb 40/Chins18 (raises sl less, chins 1 more)--I was doing these with a partner, and we had to wait on each other for the raises.

Saturday, 30 August
DL 16" rack pulls, 7x230x1, 1x230x11
½ kneeling chop*, 8x10
EDT Step Ups (20.5lb*2 DBs)/Pallof (5 pl) 60 reps each (really steaming at the end)
*I've been doing these with bands, just a combination of my bands that seemed to work, anchored to a bolt in the ceiling. I've marked the floor with tape so I kneel in the same place each time, and then have moved the tape slightly further from the anchor point from time to time.

Edited to add Saturday's workout

Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.--Francis Chan